Author: Manya A. Brachear
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Scripture reportedly prefaced Rumsfeld-approved intelligence reports
CHICAGO – One passage plucked from the New Testament’s Epistle to the Ephesians instructs believers to “put on the full armor of God.” An excerpt from the Old Testament’s Isaiah directs them to “open the gates that the righteous nation may enter.” As American soldiers fought in Iraq in 2003, these biblical verses and others…
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Sacrament for the sick is in demand
CHICAGO – Mary Ellen Segraves could sense the fear in her ailing mother Ceil’s eyes the day after her knee surgery. But when the Rev. Yaroslav Mendyuk approached her hospital bed to offer the sacrament of the sick, Segraves saw her mother light up. Following the priest’s lead, Ceil Segraves crossed herself with a frail…